| Cataract | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | The Walkabouts |
| Cover: | Cataract Cover Walkabouts album.jpg |
| Released: | March 1, 1989[1] |
| Genre: | Alternative rock, alternative country |
| Label: | Sub Pop |
| Producer: | The Walkabouts, Tony Kroes, Ed Brooks |
| Prev Title: | See Beautiful Rattlesnake Gardens |
| Prev Year: | 1988 |
| Next Title: | Rag & Bone |
| Next Year: | 1990 |
Cataract is the second studio album by American alternative country band The Walkabouts released on March 1, 1989, through Sub Pop Records.
All tracks written by The Walkabouts.
| Date | Label | Format | Catalog | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 1, 1989 | Sub Pop Records | LP | SP031 | |
| April 4, 1990 | Glitterhouse Records | CD (reissue with EP Rag & Bone) | GR 0085 |
Harold DeMuir wrote for "Trouser Press Record Guide, 4th Ed." that "The full-length 'Cataract' resonates with rueful Americana on such tracks as 'Whiskey XXX', "Hell's Soup Kitchen" and 'Long Black Veil' (not the traditional song), marking The Walkabouts as a distinctive band with loads of potential.".[3]
In The Walkabouts entry of "The Trouser Press Guide to 90's Rock: The All-New Fifth Edition of The Trouser Press Record Guide" Scott Schinder wrote "Cataract and the six-song Rag & Bone (combined as Rag & Bone Plus Cataract, a single CD bearing the EP's original artwork) are more distinctive, mining a richly shadowy strain of Americana.".[4]
In a review for the Backlash magazine Ransom Edison wrote "... Compared to The Walkabouts' debut album, last year's 'See Beautiful Rattlesnake Gardens,' 'Cataract' is a more refined and consistent effort, pushing the folk influence even further yet exploring a greater variety of musical approaches. ...".[5]